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Episcopal News Service. June 21, 1990 [90166W]
The Rev. Chester L. Talton, rector of St. Philip's Episcopal Church in the Harlem section of New York City, was elected suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles on June 9. He was selected on the fifth ballot by a twothirds majority of the 180 clergy and 400 lay delegates. Talton, 48, one of seven candidates for the position, becomes the diocese's first AfricanAmerican bishop, and will assist diocesan Bishop Frederick H. Borsch. Born in El Dorado, Arkansas, Talton received a master of divinity degree from the Episcopal Church Divinity School of the Pacific in 1970, and was ordained a priest the following year. Since the election must be ratified by the other bishops and standing committees of the church's 118 dioceses, Talton's consecration is not expected before the end of the year. He succeeds the Rt. Rev. Oliver B. Garvey, Jr., who will retire on June 30.
Bishop Mark Dyer of the Diocese of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, has accepted the archbishop of Canterbury's appointment to cochair the International Commission of the Anglican/Orthodox Theological Dialogue when it convenes its eight-day meeting in Toronto on September 10. The 28-member body will continue the ecumenical dialogue between the Anglican Communion and the 160-million-member Orthodox Church, which is, in the words of a 1987 joint statement by the two churches, "aimed at nothing less than visible and sacramental unity." For the past two years Bishop Dyer has served in the highly visible role of being the only member of the Episcopal Church in the U.S.A. on the archbishop of Canterbury's International Commission on Communion and Women in the Episcopate.
The Rev. Barbara Taylor, among the best preachers in the Episcopal Church, will be heard on the "Episcopal Series of the Protestant Hour" beginning July 8. The series is broadcast over 325 AM and FM stations, including the American Forces Radio Network, and has a worldwide listening audience of 10 million people. A bound transcript of her sermons will be issued by the Cincinnati-based Forward Movement Publications.
David A. Kalvelage was recently appointed editor of The Living Church. Kalvelage, 47, brings 20 years of journalism experience to the position, and was most recently executive assistant to the bishop of Albany (NY) and editor of the diocesan journal, The Albany Episcopalian. A native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Kalvelage has long been active in the Episcopal Church, and was a deputy to the last two General Conventions.
The Board of Trustees of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific has announced the election of the Very Rev. Charles A. Perry as the Episcopal seminary's new president and dean. Perry is currently the Washington National Cathedral's principal preacher and also oversees it's wide scope of liturgical, programmatic, and financial operations. He will be inaugurated at the Berkeley, California-based seminary on October 26.
Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie will become Lord Runcie after his retirement next year. The life peerage, which entitles its holder to a seat in the House of Lords, the upper chamber of the British legislature, was bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II earlier this month during the official ceremony marking her birthday.
The new Volunteers for Mission appointed by Presiding Bishop Edmond L. Browning are: Jean Dornon, of the Diocese of San Diego, who will serve as administrative assistant in the Diocesan Office of the Dominican Republic, for two years, beginning April 1990; Barbara High, of the Diocese of New York, who in May 1990 will begin a year of service as a registered nurse and instructor of nursing at Bonda Mission Hospital in the Diocese of Manicaland, Zimbabwe; andH. Allen Perry and Susan Perry, medical doctors from the Diocese of Alabama, who will aid the Ministry of Health in Managua, Diocese of Nicaragua, from June 1990 to January 1993.